Is Germany's energy transition a case of successful green industrial policy? Contrasting wind and solar PV

Energy Policy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 522-534

  Pegels, Anna ^a   Lütkenhorst, Wilfried ^a  

^a GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Green industrial policy; Renewable energies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; GERMANY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INDUSTRIAL POLICIES; INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

GREEN MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84924222971     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.06.031     Document Type: Article

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